Options For Independent Living and Development
Private foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 804013837RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($398,158) as filed with the CRA.
Options For Independent Living and Development is a private foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $504K in revenue and $398K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 41% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,024.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Programs to provide residential housing and stable environments to persons with disabilities to provide the management counselling and other support services to assist person with disabilities to become more independent in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $504K | $398K | $385K | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $554K | $285K | $268K | — | — | $899K |
| 2022 | $434K | $301K | $212K | — | — | $630K |
| 2021 | $463K | $219K | $215K | — | — | $497K |
| 2020 | $340K | $240K | $230K | — | — | $253K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,024 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$122K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Power (president); Kathleen Ward (secretary); Ross Snowden (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Options For Independent Living and Development’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804013837RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.